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binutils — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35495

There's a flaw in binutils /bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by the objdump program could cause a null pointer dereference. The greatest threat from this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

Products
binutils
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.33.50.20200107-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-35495
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 11:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35495

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Jan 2021, 15:15 UTC

There's a flaw in binutils /bfd/pef.c. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted input file to be processed by the objdump program could cause a null pointer dereference. The greatest threat from this flaw is to application availability. This flaw affects binutils versions prior to 2.34.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35495

binutils

Fixed versions: 2.33.50.20200107-1

binutils

Fixed versions: 2.33.50.20200107-1

binutils

Fixed versions: 2.33.50.20200107-1

Complete source record
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